Chengdu has topped the list of the best cities to invest in China for six straight years, and was dubbed as the most business-friendly city for global businesses in the country in 2018.

On January 12, the China Opening-up Cooperation Summit & The 8th Global Times General Review, held by the Global Times, brought together numerous distinguished guests from all walks of life in China. The event focused on such topics involving transformation and upgrading of Chinese cities, as well as innovation and development of Chinese enterprises and companies.

At the summit, city rankings highlighting different economic and social fields and aspects were released, and Chengdu stole all the limelight, ranking No. 1 on the list of 2018 China's best cities to invest, and being titled a national model with the best international business environment, one of China's top ten cities with green development and construction of ecological civilization, as well as one of the top ten cities with optimal environment of innovation and entrepreneurship for talents in China.

Chengdu has topped the list of the best cities to invest in China for six straight years, and with outstanding performance, was dubbed as the most business-friendly city for global businesses in China in 2018.

"Chengdu gained these honors because of its excellent opening-up policies and development in foreign trade, " said Zhang Qi, a Chinese expert in data analysis, adding that "In the past five years, Chengdu kept a growth rate of around 20%, in the forefront of the country in the scale and growth rate of exports and imports."

Dec 11, 2017

In this year’s first half, the Chengdu Hi-tech Development Zone (CDHT) Comprehensive Boned Zone realized a total foreign trade volume of RMB151.1 billion, which ranked first among all of its counterparts in China, sources from the CDHT were quoted as saying July 20.

Jul 25, 2018

The Brookings Institution, an American think tank, released recently the Global Metro Monitor 2018. With a growth rate of 7.2% and 5.9% in per capita GDP and employment respectively, Chengdu ranked third in the world and topped all of its Chinese counterparts.